How do I stop myself from taking a photo of Simon at every moment? He is growing so fast it’s painful and sometimes it feels like the only thing I can do is take a photo to make the moment last forever. Current Simon loves music (Easy on Me by Adele is his absolute favorite song but he is also recently into the Encanto soundtrack). He is a good cuddler, loves any food you give him, and is overall chill and happy.
A friend shared this from someone on instagram and I keep thinking about these beautiful words a stranger, but new mother, wrote and I thought I’d leave them here:
Last night Mars got a little fussy after I put her down and when I picked her back up I ended up holding her for another hour. I was just awed that she is real and this is happening, I couldn’t stop crying. I could feel a thousand eyes watching her through mine, my eyes, a thousand versions of me remembering when my baby was tiny enough to fit in my hands, watching her tiny chest rise and fall. I couldn’t put her down or look away. I swear I felt 60 years of myself longing to hold that tiny baby girl again, even as I was holding her. I felt a much older version of myself that loves her more and knows her better and has experienced more with her step into my body and kiss her cheek and hug her close one more time. Every time I thought to put her down I felt another version of myself ask me to wait and look again and kiss her again, for them, and I did, over and over again. When I say I felt them, I felt them. I felt me. Older. I felt what it felt like to know Mars, who she really is, grown up. I felt what it felt like to long for the simplicity of our connection now and how different it’ll be. It was so beautiful. I love my beautiful girl.
@ashieadams
